I've been using a
Sandisk Cruzer Titanium 4Gb for a couple of years now and it never let me down . The hull is all
metal, so no problem having it in your pocket: you can't bend it and can't crush it. Still its shape is
smooth so it does not hurt.
Read/write speeds are not the best on the market, but it is still ok for a regular use.
First thing I did on my cruzer was to remove U3 and reformat to FAT. Strangely, I noticed that the read/write speed was faster in FAT than FAT32, so I use it.
I renamed the drive in Windows with my name and international cell-phone number. My visit card is also stored at the root of the drive as a vcf file. Should I lose the drive, it's easy to contact me and return it.
I use a portable version of Truecrypt onboard. Most of the 4Gb are occupied by an encrypted file. Mounting this file as a drive is easy. I wrote and compiled the following AHK program that starts with an autorun file:
-*-*-*- Start of code -*-*-*-
#SingleInstance,Force
#Persistent
SetBatchLines,-1
Loop, read, MEP.ini
{ if a_index = 1
{
PreferredDrive = %A_LoopReadLine%
}
if a_index = 2
{
PathToTrueCrypt = %A_LoopReadLine%
}
if a_index = 3
{
PathToVolume = %A_LoopReadLine%
}
}
Drives = D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
IfNotExist, %PreferredDrive%:\
{
Drives = %PreferredDrive%
}
Loop, parse, Drives, `,
{
IfNotExist, %A_LoopField%:\
{
Run, %PathToTrueCrypt% /q background /l%A_LoopField% /m rm /v "%PathToVolume%"
TrayTip,, Mounting drive "%A_LoopField%:",10
sleep,10000
exitapp
}
}
-*-*-*- End of code -*-*-*-
MEP.ahk should be used together with the file mep.ini that contains:
line 1: the letter of your preferred drive letter to mount the encrypted container file (for example F)
line 2: the absolute path to truecrypt.exe
line 3: the absolute path to the encrypted container file
Running MEP ensures that the encrypted container file is always mounted as drive F. If it is not available, a free drive letter is automatically found as mounting point. That is
very convenient when you have many network drives mounted on your system.
That's it for my five cents!
